Fence



(No Model.)

J. -FIGBRT FENCE.

No. 449,528. Patented Mar. 31,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FIGERT, OF NEV, PHILADELPHIA, OHIO.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,528, dated March 31, 1891.

Application tiled November 13, 1890. Serial No. 371,3731 (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN FIGERT, a citizen of the United States. residing at New Philadelphia, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will venable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to felices, and especially to the means for supporting and bracing the same.

rlhe object of the invention is to provide a support which will comprise a base and upright and lateral stays, the ends of the latter being projected beyond the sides of the upright to form rests for the rails, the latterbeing held to the upright by a wire which is secured at its upper end to the upright and at its lower end to the base.

The improvement consists in the novel features which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of aportion of a fence-embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofthe fence, showi ng the manner of anchoring the support to the ground.

The fence is composed ot' rails A and supports B, the latter being arranged at the lap of the rails and composed of the upright D, base O, lateral braces G and F, the supplemental brace E, and the tie-wire H. The

ends of the braces F and E and the supple'- mental brace G are projected beyond the upright D sufficiently far to form supports for the rails A. The brace G extends from the outer end of the base to near the upper cnd of the upright, and the brace F extends from near the outer end of the base to Within a short distance from the lower end of the upright. The supplemental brace E is intermediate the braces G and F, audits lowerend bears against the brace G. The rails A rest upon the projecting ends of the braces, and are held to the upright by the wire II, which is made fast at its upper end to the upper end ofthe upright D and at its lower end to the base and intermediate of its ends to the brace E or any suitable part of the upright.

The braces E, F, and Gare all on one side of the fence, thereby leaving the other side perfectly free from any projections.

The supports are suitably anchored to the ground, as by the stone I and the cable t', the latter being secured to the base C.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A fence composed of rails and supports, the latter comprising abase, an Avupright, lateral braces G and F, the supplemental brace E between the braces G and Fand bearing on the brace G, the ends of the braces projecting beyond the upright to form supports for the rails, and the wire H, extending parallel with the uprightand comprising lthe rails between it and the said upright, substantially as de-V scribed.

In testiinony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FIGERT. Witnesses:

JOHN C. DONAHEY, F. S. ROMIG. 

